. 2019 Nov 1;15:387. doi: 10.1186/s12917-019-2138-8

Table 6.

Vaccine-induced antibody titres in the blood serum of 56-day-old turkeys (n = 23)

	ORT	NDV
Group¹
0-DLM_L	12879^b	236
0-MHA_L	11116^b	768
0-DLM_H	15022^b	443
0-MHA_H	14571^b	376
HE-DLM_L	23072^a	69
HE-MHA_L	17976^ab	150
HE-DLM_H	15849^b	117
HE-MHA_H	19120^b	139
Infection
0	13,397	441
HE	19,004	119
Met dosage
Low	14,581	358
High	15,611	324
Met source
DLM	15,620	265
MHA	14,572	421
SEM²	687	185
p – values
Infection	< 0.001	0.004
Dose	0.932	0.746
Source	0.473	0.215
Interactions	0.039³	nd⁴

¹Feeds administered to uninfected (0) and infected (HE) turkeys in weeks 1–4 and 5–8, contained DLM and the equivalent amount of MHA at two levels: low (_L) - 0.55, 0.45, and high (_H) - 0.78, 0.65, respectively [% as fed]

²SEM- standard error of the mean

³Significant interactions between the experimental factors; HEV added anti-ORT antibody titres, particularly in turkeys fed feeds with lower DLM content

⁴nd – not detected: no significant infection x dose, infection x source, dose x source or infection x dose x source interactions